Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Debey @ Monu Dubey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40142 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-180 Year-2022 Thana- CHANDAUTI District- Gaya ====================================================== ANKIT KUMAR @ ANKIT DEBEY @ MONU DUBEY SON OF JAI KISHORE DUBEY@ JAI KISHOR DUBEY RESIDENT OF VILLAGEUPHARA, PS- UPHARA, DISTT- AURANGABAD ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manish Kumar No.2, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-07-2023 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2.

Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Chandauti P.S. Case No.180 of 2022 dated 17.05.2022 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Section(s) 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

3.

The main submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner are that initially the petitioner was arrested on 25.05.2022 in connection with Uphara P.S. Case No.34 of 2022 which was lodged against unknown and thereafter the police did not take any action to remand this petitioner in the present matter and after lapse of a considerable period he was remanded in the present matter on 10th February, 2023 just after he was granted bail in said Uphara P.S. Case No.34 of 2022 and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40142 of 2023(2) dt.17-07-2023 2/2 against the petitioner there is only one antecedent of said Uphara P.S. Case No.34 of 2022 in which he is on bail and he was not put on Test Identification Parade after he was remanded in the present matter. Further submissions are that after the remand the petitioner has been languishing in jail since 04.03.2023 in the present matter and against him the investigation has been completed and he is a very young person.

4.

Learned APP appearing for the State opposes the bail prayer.

5.

Considering the above submissions and mainly the petitioner's young age and the completion of investigation against him and also the fact that the petitioner was remanded in the present matter from Uphara P.S. Case No.34 of 2022 in which he has got bail, in the opinion of this Court a lenient approach can be taken in respect of the petitioner's prayer, let the petitioner be released on bail in connection with Chandauti P.S. Case No.180 of 2022 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned.

(Shailendra Singh, J) sangam/- U T